VOORHEES, N.J. — For months, the Flyers have been spotted at the SkateZone, two, three, four at a time. By Sunday, after the NHL lockout, they will all be there for training camp.

That made Friday a bridge between casual hockey and the kind that often leaves Peter Laviolette in ill workday humor.

So it was Friday that not unlike Thursday there was as close to a full cast of Flyers as possible was on the ice, and not just for exercise and camaraderie. Rather, there was a full, five-on-five mini-game, some real shots on net and enough actual ice hockey to entertain an overflow crowd of fans.

“I think you want to make it as game-like as possible,” Scott Hartnell said afterward. “Although there is no hitting, you have your breakouts, your regroups, things like that.

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“There will be no exhibition games this year. So we are going to have to be practicing like there is a game every time. I am sure Lavy will do a great job of kicking our butts if we are not practicing hard.”

With the new CBA still awaiting a final stamp, Laviolette and his assistants still are not involved in the players-only practices. Just the same, the activity is growing more serious by the shift.

“There are so many new guys and so many things you have to cover in a week,” Kimmo Timonen said. “There is the power-play, the penalty-kill, the systems. So I am sure we are going to be busy next week. Every day matters. Every time you come to the rink, it is going to be a rough day. But I am sure everyone is looking forward to next week because we have to cover a lot of things in a short period of time.”

For that, Timonen was thankful for the simulated full practice.

“It was the first time in seven or eight months that I played five-on-five hockey,” said the 37-year-old defenseman, who had missed the unofficial Thursday get-together. “For the last four months, I have been playing two-on-two. It is a big difference, getting your timing correct and getting used to it. But that’s what we have to do now.”

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Newly returned from the Phantoms, Sean Couturier is awaiting the jump in intensity from the AHL to the NHL experience, and from the mission of Phantoms coach Terry Murray to that of Laviolette.

“They are a little different,” Couturier said. “Their systems are a little different. Down there, it is all about learning and wanting to show the right way to young guys. Up here, it is all about doing whatever it takes to win. So it is so different. It is hard to compare, really.”

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As he resurfaced with the Flyers, Brayden Schenn was officially in the same uniform as his brother, Luke, who was acquired by the Flyers from Toronto in the offseason.

“It is pretty cool,” he said. “Who would have thought we would be in the same dressing room and on the same ice with him at the Flyers Skate Zone? I was in L.A. He was in Toronto. And now, two, three years later, we are together in Philly. It is a pretty cool feeling. It’s awesome.”

NOTES

Said to be battling a mild illness, Claude Giroux did not practice Friday … The rumor that passport issues had delayed Wayne Simmonds’ arrival to Philadelphia was false. He was behind a day or two because of an issue dealing with a home he’d recently purchased in Ontario … As the occasional non-Flyer had joined the more informal recent workouts at the SkateZone, so had Michael Leighton been active with several Red Wings during the lockout near his Detroit-area home … Leighton sees no problem sharing any goaltending duties with Ilya Bryzgalov. “He is a funny guy,” Leighton said. “Just hanging out with him, it’s going to be fun.”